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TMI BlogApplication of behavioural economics can play key role in success of public policies and programmes: Economic SurveyX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Application of behavioural economics can play key role in success of public policies and programmes: Economic Survey - News and Press Release Dated:- 4-7-2019 - News - Application of behavioural economics can play key role in success of public policies and programmes: Economic Survey Economic Survey recommends setting up of a Behavioural Economics Unit in Niti Aayog, proposes Beh ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... avioural Economics Audit of every programme The Economic Survey 2018-19 was tabled in Parliament today by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman. It has given a unique prescription to improve efficacy of public policy and programmes. It discusses in detail how application of behavioural economics can prove to be a valuable instrument of change in a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... country like India where social and religious norms play a dominant role in influencing behaviour. This is based on the premise that decisions made by real people deviate from the impractical robots theorized in classical economics. Drawing on the psychology of human behaviour, behavioural economics provides insights to nudge people towards desirable behavior , says the Economic Survey. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Quoting the success of popular Government Schemes in recent times like Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) and Swatchh Bharat Mission (SBM), the Economic Survey says that these schemes have successfully applied behavioural insights to enhance policy impact. For example, #SelfieWithDaughter on social media became a worldwide hit and the celebration of the girl child quickly became the norm to whic ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... h more and more people wanted to conform. Similarly, use of socially and culturally identifiable names for various recent schemes like Namami Gange, Ujjawala, Poshan Abhiyan among others have helped to build the affinity of the people for the scheme. The community based approach to sanitation in SBM with the help of Swachhagrahis whose similarity with Satyagrahis, helped to reinforce the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... message. The gender empowerment component of SBM helped to become a complement the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme. According to the Economic Survey, the key principles of behavioural economics are emphasizing the beneficial social norm , changing the default option and repeated reinforcements . The Economic Survey opines that while several Indian programmes have applied the principle ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s of behavioural economics, there is still ample scope for leveraging these insights to enhance the efficacy of programmes in India. Accordingly, the Economic Survey recommends setting up of a behavioural economic unit in the NITI Aayog. It also strongly recommends that every programme must go through a behavioural economics audit before its implementation. - News - Press release - PIB Tax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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